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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-4021
HistoryMay 26, 2016 - 2:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-4021

2016-05-2614:59:01
CWE-399
web.nvd.nist.gov
28
cve-2016-4021
pgpdump
buffer.c
read_binary function
denial of service
infinite loop
cpu consumption
nvd

7.8 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.7%

The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump before 0.30 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input, as demonstrated by the \xa3\x03 string.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch22
OR
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch23
OR
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch24
Node
pgpdump_projectpgpdumpRange0.29

7.8 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.7%